Authority reports full occupancy, long waitlist and several development projects underway

Staff at the Feb. 19 Green Bay Housing Authority meeting reported full occupancy at Mason Manor and the authority’s scatter-sites and provided updates on several development projects.

Speaker 1 said the authority is “100% leased up” at Mason Manor and scatter sites and that three Mason Manor units are expected to be available April 1 with security deposits already collected. Speaker 4 said the authority continues to receive monthly waiting-list updates from a Brown County caseworker referred to as Lily and estimated about 300 applicants on the one-bedroom wait list, with two-bedroom waits typically two to three years.

On development, Speaker 4 reported construction at the JES site for “land type units,” ongoing work with NeighborWorks on townhomes, plans for single-family units, a potential Monroe Street project with developer 360 and continued work on a combined fire station and adjacent site on Badger Street/Broadway. He said Nova downtown is expected to be complete by late summer or early fall and that RDA will review shipyard development work in March.

Speaker 4 also said the Gateway Collective downtown property is listed for sale; because the authority previously provided bonds for that property, the authority explained that bond treatment will depend on the buyer—if a nonprofit buys it the bonds could remain; a private buyer would likely have to pay off bonds. Board members discussed parceling and value changes but did not take any votes on property disposition.

The board asked staff to continue reporting on construction milestones, bond implications for the Gateway Collective sale and waiting-list changes at future meetings.